The Red Scare Returns: Trump's McCarthyist Rhetoric and the Midterm Messaging Misfire US President Donald Trump has revived the Cold War era rhetoric of communist menace, casting the Democratic Party as a red threat to the nation.
In his speeches, Trump portrays November's midterm election vote as a civilizational clash between Republican "common sense" and left wing extremism.
Trump's narrative conflates Democratic socialism with communism, leveraging the fears of an older generation and branding all Democrats as radical.